Before reading this user manual

SAFETY WARNINGS

What the icons and signs in this user manual mean;

There is a potential risk of death or serious injury.

WARNING

 

There is a potential risk of personal injury or damage

CAUTION

to the product.

 

To reduce the risk of fire, explosion, electric shock, or personal injury when using your camcorder, follow these basic safety precautions.

Here are hints or page number references you will find helpful when you operate the camcorder.

Settings required before using a function.

These warning signs are here to prevent injury to you and others. Please follow them explicitly. After reading this section, keep it in a safe place for future reference.

PRECAUTIONS

Warning!

When using the AC power adapter with your camcorder, connect the adapter to an outlet with protective grounding.

Do not expose the camcorder battery to direct sunlight, heaters, radiators, fire, or any source of excessive heat.

Caution

If you replace the battery with the wrong battery, you can cause an explosion. Replace only with the same battery or an equivalent type.

iiTo disconnect the apparatus from the mains, the plug must be pulled out from the mains socket, therefore the mains plug shall be readily operable.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON USE

About this user manual

Thank you for purchasing this Samsung Camcorder. Please read this user manual carefully before you use the camcorder and keep it handy for future reference. Should your camcorder fail to operate correctly, refer to Troubleshooting.

This User Manual covers models SMX-F0, SMX-F, SMX-F4, SMX-F00, SMX-F01 and SMX-F0.

The SMX-F50, SMX-F500, SMX-F501 and SMX-F530 do not have built-in flash memory and uses memory cards. Although some features of the SMX-F50, SMX-F53, SMX-F54, SMX-F500, SMX-F501 and SMX-F530 models are different, they operate in the same way.

Illustrations of model SMX-F50 are used in this user manual.

The displays in this user manual may not be exactly the same as those you see on the LCD screen.

Designs and specifications of the camcorder and other accessories are subject to change without any notice.

In this user manual’s function description tables, the icon shown in the on-screen display column will appear on the screen when you set the corresponding function.

Ex) TV Super Fine - "Video Resolution" Submenu item page 4

Item

Use

On-screen

display

 

 

"TV Super

Videos recorded in 720x576 (50i) resolution at

 

Fine"

super-fine image quality.